This document discusses how the author researched conventions from real pop magazines to develop their own media product. They analyzed features like front covers, contents pages, double page spreads, and color schemes from magazines like "Top of the Pops" and "We Love Pop" to understand what should be included in their magazine. The author incorporated conventions like barcodes, images, headlines and mastheads on the front cover and used column layouts and enlarged quotes on double page spreads to make their magazine seem realistic while appealing to their target audience.

1. How my media product uses,
develops and challenges forms and
conventions of real media
products...
By Sarah Collumb

2. Front Cover
To create a sense of realism in my magazine, I researched into
other Pop magazines and included iconic codes and conventions,
for example, on the front cover; barcode, one main image
(medium camera shot), date, sell lines, headlines/articles,
masthead and colour scheme. I found it was important to include
all of these features in order to gain realism of my product.

3. Front Cover
When moving on from my
preliminary product to my full
product, I developed my
magazine by doing research into
what was already on the market.
I used ‘Top Of The Pops’
magazine to develop the layout
of my product since I found it
was very conventional and well
suited to my target audience
and to how I wanted my
magazine to look.

4. Contents Page
When I researched into the contents page, the conventions I found
important were; the layout, photography, articles, page numbers
with references to what is on each page and sell lines. After looking
into my research a lot more, I knew exactly what I should and
shouldn't include in my full product in comparison to my
preliminary product.

5. Contents Page
I used the layout of ‘We Love
Pop’ magazine to develop my
music magazine since I
found it was well suited to
the pop genre, and would be
eye catching towards my
target audience. I researched
into this magazine especially
since the target audience was
similar to mine.
On the ‘We Love Pop’
contents page, I practically
liked the style of
photography and how though
it was a contents page, there
was more to it than just what
is on what page. This make
the magazine a more
interesting read.
I took this on board when
creating my own magazine.

6. Double Page Spread
The next thing I researched was my double page spread, I found the
most important convention of double page was the layout. I order to
create a sense of realism and to make my magazine presentable the
layout had to be done correctly. I did this by ordering my text in
columns, a technique which I found was done my most magazines. I
also found, an enlarged quote as a headline on my double page
spread had a big impact and drew in the readers attention.

7. Double Page Spread
I took conventional ideas
for the layout of my double
page spread from ‘We Love
Pop’ Found research I
found the conventions that
made a good double page
spread was the ordering of
the columns, one main
image and an enlarge
quote which is what I took
on board from this
magazine when creating
my own double page
spread.

8. Colour Scheme
When creating my full product I felt one of the most important conventions
was the colour scheme
I made sure, each page of my
magazine was colour linked I
did this mostly through the
colour scheme.
My two main colours were
pink and purple, since these
are stereotypically a female
colour and green as my splash
colour.

9. Colour Scheme
After doing research, I
noticed an iconic
signifier of pop
magazines is the bright
colours, which is why I
used bright colours in
my magazine. The
bright colours also draw
attention to the
magazine through the
eye-catching colours.